---
name: "Protection of the Hekma"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ryan Alexander Lee"
oracle_id: "c5f611c9-9e6e-4719-ad71-8686327a8564"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/protection-of-the-hekma-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Protection of the Hekma
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
If a source an opponent controls would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.

> *Part of the acolytes' training is to walk along the Hekma, staring out at the ravenous horrors kept at bay by the God-Pharaoh's barrier.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Circle of Protection: White](/printing/circle-of-protection-white-8ed.md) — Enchantment
2. [Circle of Protection: Black](/printing/circle-of-protection-black-2ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Protective Sphere](/printing/protective-sphere-inv.md) — Enchantment
4. [Greater Realm of Preservation](/printing/greater-realm-of-preservation-me1.md) — Enchantment
5. [Samite Healer](/printing/samite-healer-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Pay No Heed](/printing/pay-no-heed-m14.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #23
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ryan Alexander Lee
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`